mopa thick coconut sheath where young coconuts are kept and protected [...]

Part of Speech n3
    • thick coconut sheath where young coconuts are kept and protected until they grow into big coconuts and grow out of it.
      • plants
      • Example 1836:
        O karee na paku bona hai teori komano mopa.
        The red ants make their nest inside the mopa (thick coconut sheath).
        Source: Eno 19W 017
      • Example 4622:
        O mopa to noho bata maana bono rakopo, o rakopo he to mono batana bona vahara overe.
        The mopa encloses the flower sheath (spathe) of the coconut. whereas the flower sheath wraps the little coconuts.
        Source: Sii 39W 046

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  • See also:
    • karee big red ant
    • rakopo1 (of coconuts) flower-sheath; spathe; sheath covering the coconuts